A message about the Philistines
1This is the word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines before Pharaoh attacked Gaza:
2This is what the Lord says:
‘See how the waters are rising in the north;
they will become an overflowing torrent.
They will overflow the land and everything in it,
the towns and those who live in them.
The people will cry out;
all who dwell in the land will wail
3at the sound of the hooves of galloping steeds,
at the noise of enemy chariots
and the rumble of their wheels.
Parents will not turn to help their children;
their hands will hang limp.
4For the day has come
to destroy all the Philistines
and to remove all survivors
who could help Tyre and Sidon.
The Lord is about to destroy the Philistines,
the remnant from the coasts of Caphtor.47:4 That is, Crete
5Gaza will shave her head in mourning;
Ashkelon will be silenced.
You remnant on the plain,
how long will you cut yourselves?
6‘ “Alas, sword of the Lord,
how long till you rest?
Return to your sheath;
cease and be still.”
7But how can it rest
when the Lord has commanded it,
when he has ordered it
to attack Ashkelon and the coast?’
關於非利士的預言
1在法老攻打迦薩之前，耶和華告訴了耶利米先知有關非利士人的事。
2耶和華說：
「看啊，大水將從北方漲溢，
形成一道洪流，
淹沒大地和地上的一切，
吞噬城邑和其中的居民。
人們必呼喊，
地上的居民必哀哭。
3一聽見馬蹄噠噠、
戰車隆隆、車輪滾滾的聲音，
做父親的就嚇得手腳發軟，
無力照顧兒女。
4因為毀滅所有非利士人的日子到了，
剷除泰爾和西頓剩餘幫手的日子到了。
耶和華要滅絕迦斐托島剩餘的非利士人。
5迦薩一片荒涼，
亞實基倫淪為廢墟。
谷中的餘民啊！
你們要割傷身體到何時呢？
6你們大喊，『耶和華的刀啊，
你何時才停下來呢？
求你入鞘吧！停下來吧！』
7但耶和華已命令它攻擊亞實基倫和沿海一帶，
它怎能停下來呢？」
